Lower Moorhayes

ST 00 NW 5/71

CULLOMPTON Lower Moorhayes

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Former farmhouse. C16, possibly early C16. Cob, stone plinth, plastered, under hipped and gabled end thatched roof. Formerly a 3-room, cross-passage house, with rear lower end wing. Axial stack heats hall and backs on to passage; right-hand end stack; end stack to wing; all brick shafts; the left-hand stack, breezeblock to boiler. Front: 5 window range, 2- and 3-light 1st floor windows, lintel, at eaves level; four 2- and 3-light windows to ground-floor; all C19 and C20 barred casements. 2 doors, that to the right-hand side under slated porch on brackets; the door to the former cross-passage is blocked. Wing with 2-light window to each floor; rear lean-to conceals former stair turret. Interior: much has been covered up and this makes interpretation difficult; 7 roof trusses visible in upper rooms; those to the lower end may be crucks, but are boxed. Roof space not inspected.

Listing NGR: ST0419708083